Henry Wallace's 1948 Presidential Campaign and the Future of Postwar Liberalism
ebookRather than romanticizing the political culture of the Popular Front, Devine provides a detailed account of the Communists' self-destructive behavior throughout the campaign and chronicles the frustrating challenges that non-Communist progressives faced in trying to sustain a movement that critiqued American Cold War policies and championed civil rights for African Americans without becoming a sounding board for pro-Soviet propaganda.
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- ISBN: 9781469607924
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Library Journal
September 1, 2013
Often ignored if not entirely forgotten, Henry A. Wallace of Iowa was a pivotal and controversial figure in mid-20th-century U.S. politics. A visionary, Wallace was Franklin D. Roosevelt's first secretary of agriculture and his second vice president, from 1941 to 1945. In 1948, under the banner of the Progressive Party, Wallace mounted a quixotic challenge to the reelection of President Harry Truman, whom Wallace accused of threatening America directly with domestic fascism. Devine (history, California State Univ., Northridge) examines Wallace's quest for the White House as he allied his campaign with the U.S. Communist Party's pro-Soviet stance. Wallace's quest, as Devine effectively demonstrates through extensive research, was haunted by the specter of communism. Even though Wallace raised domestic and international issues central to the American political experience (race, war and peace, national security, civil liberties), his campaign essentially imploded on about every level. He finished fourth, behind GOP nominee Thomas E. Dewey and Dixiecrat dissident Strom Thurmond. VERDICT This is not a Wallace biography; it's a penetrating and persuasive account of the first postwar U.S. presidential contest and one of the most contentious in our history. Highly recommended, especially for serious students of American politics and presidential elections.--Stephen Kent Shaw, Northwest Nazarene Coll., Nampa, ID
Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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